Family notified ex Navy SEAL found dead in desert, female companion still missing

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Family notified ex Navy SEAL found dead in desert, female companion still missing
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Fang Jin, 47, is still missing. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

SAN DIEGO — A mysterious death in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is leading to unanswered questions about a woman who is still missing.

On July 16, the couple was seen on surveillance video purchasing toiletries inside the Marine Corps Exchange at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, a military base in Twentynine Palms., who lived at the Roadrunner Mobile Home Park in nearby Morongo Valley. Relatives reported Jin missing on July 26. A friend reported Fitzpatrick missing four days later on July 30. San Bernardino County Sheriff put out missing persons fliers for both Fitzpatrick and Jin.on Fitzpatrick's mobile home looking for evidence. CBS 8 obtained a copy of the search warrant, affidavit, and inventory from the Joshua Tree District courthouse in San Bernardino County.

For a month and a half, the couple remained missing until Fitzpatrick's truck was located in the Harper Flats area of the Anza-Borrego desert. Later, a hiker found skeletal remains in the Harper Canyon area on September 17, according to the man who found the bones and spoke with CBS 8. He asked not to be identified.

The Sheriff’s Department has conducted several search and rescue operations in the Harper Flats area since the location of the vehicle and has plans for additional searches. At this time, the missing persons cases for John Root Fitzpatrick and Fang"Yama" Jin, are open investigations with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The located unidentified human remains case is an open investigation with the San Diego Sheriff's Department.

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